"flooey" meaning in All languages combined

See flooey on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfluː.i/ Forms: more flooey [comparative], most flooey [superlative]
Rhymes: -uːi Head templates: {{en-adj}} flooey (comparative more flooey, superlative most flooey)
  1. (slang, dated) Drunk. Tags: dated, slang Synonyms (drunk): drunk
    Sense id: en-flooey-en-adj-z6fuMRDZ Disambiguation of 'drunk': 100 0
  2. (slang) Crazy, chaotic, awry. Tags: slang Synonyms (awry): disorderly Synonyms (crazy): insane
    Sense id: en-flooey-en-adj-YVYYgFzJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'awry': 0 100 Disambiguation of 'crazy': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: askew, flooie Related terms: kerflooey

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "2000, James Clifton Cobb, The second gun:",
          "text": "Well, sir, about a second after Jake nodded his head, the place went flooey. Everybody started whoopin' and placin' bets and yelling out drink orders […]",
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          "ref": "2013, Jonathan Maberry, Extinction Machine, Macmillan (St Martin's Griffin), page 139:",
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      "sense": "crazy",
      "word": "insane"
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      "sense": "awry",
      "word": "disorderly"
    },
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      "word": "askew"
    },
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